Key holder



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B. MICHAILOVSKY KEY HOLDER Filed March 1 9, 1?;25

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UNITED STATES BENJAMIN MICHAIIJOVSKY, OF NEW YORK N. Y.

KEY EoLnEn.

Application tiled March 19, 1925. Serial No. 16,656.

My invention-relates generally to pocket key holdersof a type in which aplurality of keys are removably and collapsibly mounted in a handlemember.

The principal ohject of my invention is to provide a key holder of thischaracter in which a series of plates are detachably connected togetherto form a handle to receive and support keys, which may be swung outsideof the handle for use, and collapsed therein when the holder is beingcarried as a pen knife.

One embodiment of the invention is illus' tratively exemplified iii theaccompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the key holder showing keys inclosed and projected positions; Figure 2 is an edge view of the same;Figure 3 is a side view showing the keys collapsed within the handle andone of the plates removed to disclose the inner or mid-plate; and Figure4 is an edge view of one end of the handle with no keys interposed.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the handle of the key holdercomprising a pair of spaced outside plates 11 and 12 and an intermediateplate 13. Each outside plate is a strip of narrow gauge metal havingopposite ends rounded and blending into curved nose portions 14 whichproject from opposite edges of the plate. The latter plates are furtherprovided with finger recesses 15' disposed in opposite edges midway oftheir length. Adjacent opposite ends of the end plate 11, the latter isprovided with transversely projecting spindles 16, integral with theplate at one end and having threaded openings 17 in the free ends. Theother end plate 12 is provided with small openings 18 to register withthe openings 17 and the pl;.tes are secured together by screws eopenings 17, and which are provided with heads adapted to hold the plate12 in position. The intermediate plate 13 is provided with a straightmidportion somewhat narrower than the corresponding section of the sideplate so as to allow ample room for finger manipulation in the recesses15. The plate 13 is further provided with end openings 20 which receivethe spindles 16 and outwardly projecting oppositely disposed pins21,.whichahut the inside face of the plates 11 and 12 to space the plate13, and which also act as stops or rests for the keys 22, the heads ofthe latter being pivotally carried b the projections of the spindles 16between the plates 11, 12'a11d In the illustrations the invention isshown as comprising two side plates and one midplate to form the handle,while in practice any number of plates may be combined to hold lar enumbers of keys by simply supplying t e end plates 11 with spindles ofgreater length. To facilitate carrying the key holder, a bale 23 isarranged at one end of the handle.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

In a pocket key holder, a handle comprising spaced outside plates, onethereof being provided with spindle projections having their free endsbored and threaded, screws disposed in said bores and engaged againstthe other plate to hold it in position, a midplate mounted on said sindles and provided with projections centrally thereof, to abut theouter plates and act as a stop for the keys hung on the spindles, theouter edgesof the plates being recessed to expose the grooves of thekeys, and a halecarried by the screw at one end of the handle.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this18th day of March 1925.

BENJAMIN MICHAILOVSKY.

